it’s crazy that something that can be demonstrated with a single comparison photo or short clip is for some reason being met with resistance.

There is a short comparison clip on that landing page. Granted not at the top but it’s definitely there.

The complaints I’ve seen have been more around whether that site should explain what DaVinci is.

I'm not resisting, I think.

Stop resisting!

Kind of expensive if you are a Linux hobbyist, $5000 (*$4999) for collection of filters over another proprietary film editing software, which was designed to be a good standalone color&fx software, but apparently isn't.